Young children will love to make their mark with print activities using a wide range of materials and techniques that those of any ability can master.
At last the problems besetting the PVI sector are acknowledged in a DfES-commissoned report, but providers want action, not words, says Simon Vevers They are the well-known gripes of the private and...
A child's communication begins at home, and early years practitioners need to promote it there and in partnership with the nursery, as Helen Moylett explains.
The difficulties that a child has with being 'different' are not the result of the difference but of the ways people see them and institutions provide for them, explains Anne O'Connor
Best practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage will depend on understanding how all the aspects of child's development link together. Maria Robinson sets out a way to approach them.
Find out how to add tech-based solutions to your repertoire of communication channels, in order to help parents feel valued, informed, and involved in their child’s learning. This Guide to was...
The work of Carol Dweck tells us that encouraging a particular way of thinking - that talent and intelligence are not 'fixed' - can make all the difference to how children learn. Jan Dubiel...
Teenage mothers and their children have had some bad press, says Jackie Cosh, but the problem may be the way society sees and treats them The statistics are so well known that they no longer shock - ...
Feeling out of touch?Jennie Lindon gives the low-down on what is going on inside young minds While books on babies and toddlers abound, playworkers have few books on the development of older children...
An easily understood parent-nursery contract helps build a positive relationship, explains Mary Evans At the heart of the successful placement of a child with an early years setting is the...